Target-dart



(No Model.)

Y T. J. SHEARS.

' TARGET DART. No. 322,984. I Patented July 28, 1885.

' NITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

THOMAS J. SHEAR-S, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TARGET-DART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,984, dated July 28, 1885.-

Application filed May 6, 1885. (No model.)

Michigan, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Target-Darts, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawlngs.

This invention has relation to improvements in devices for shooting arrows; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the same, as will be hereinafter fully explained, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate my invention, in which Figure 1 represents a side view of my device. Fig. 2 is a front view of the upper part of the staff, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the dart 0r arrow point.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates a staff, to the upper end of which issecured an elastic, a, by means of a screw, g, which is of loop form, or aring may be secured to the free end thereof, and B indicates the arrow, the end b of which is provided with the spike c, which passes through the perforation in the block d, the head 6 of which securely holds the spike or pin in position. This block is provided with a staple, f,

The operation of the devices is as follows: The staff is held in the left hand of the person using it in a verticalposition, or at an angle of I forty-five degrees, and the staple of the dart is hooked into the rubber or elastic loop. The rear end of the dart or arrow is grasped between the thumb and forefinger of the right hand. When the rubber isstrained by the person drawing the dart, and when sufficiently taut, the arrow is allowed to pass from the hand and shot forward, at the same time the hook becomes disengaged from the elastic and freeing the arrow therefrom.

It will be seen from the above description, and by reference to the annexed drawings, that with a little practice a person can become an expert in shooting the arrow,and seldom miss the target.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The device described, consisting of the staff A, having in its upper the single kerf adapted to receive the rubber a, and provided with the securing-screw g, the arrow B, having the spike c, and staple f,secured to the portion (1, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS J. SHEARS.

\Vitnesses:

WEsLEY A. GREEN, J AMES VANBUREN. 

